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TIL: Frank Sinatra recorded a unique version of “Lady is a Tramp” for Ringo Starr’s wife, which the Beatle presented to her for her birthday. It includes the line “She married Ringo, And she could have had Paul, That’s why the lady is a champ”

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p8EWA TIL that on January 14, 2005, the Cassini spacecraft landed the Hguyens probe on the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan. It is the first probe to land on a surface in the outer solar system and remains the farthest any man-made spacecraft has landed.
XPGk TIL LSD is non-addictive, is not known to cause brain damage, has extremely low toxicity relative to dose, there have been no documented deaths from an overdose, it is physiologically well tolerated and there is no evidence for long-lasting physiological effects on the brain or other organs.
nZK9 TIL there is a ‘noticeable change’ in British accents every 25 miles. 38% of British people feel as though they have difficulty being understood by other Brits.
R5YA8 TIL Susana Higuchi was the wife of Alberto Fujimori, the authoritarian president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. While her husband was still in office she denounced him as a corrupt tyrant, divorced him, and joined the opposition later being elected to the congress.
ANrOw TIL Billy Idol was first choice for the role of T-1000 in Terminator 2, but a motorcycle accident in 1990 prevented it. During his time in hospital he also swore never to wear the Confederate flag again after a black employee explained his feelings on it.